Powers of Aristotle's Soul

by Thomas Kjeller Johansen and Johansen

Book Overview

Aristotle is considered by many to be the founder of 'faculty psychology'--the attempt to explain a variety of psychological phenomena by reference to a few inborn capacities. In The Powers of Aristotle's Soul, Thomas Kjeller Johansen investigates his main work on psychology, the De Anima, from this perspective. He shows how Aristotle conceives of the soul's capacities and how he uses them to account for the souls of living beings. Johansen offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199658439
• ISBN13: 9780199658435
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"